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 .Nd index UNIX manuals  .Nd index UNIX manuals
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm  .Nm
 .Op Fl av  .Op Fl avW
 .Op Ar dir ...  .Op Fl C Ar file
 .Nm  .Nm
 .Op Fl v  .Op Fl avW
   .Ar dir ...
   .Nm
   .Op Fl vW
 .Fl d Ar dir  .Fl d Ar dir
 .Op Ar  .Op Ar
 .Nm  .Nm
 .Op Fl v  .Op Fl vW
 .Fl u Ar dir  .Fl u Ar dir
 .Op Ar  .Op Ar
   .Nm
   .Fl t Ar
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
Line 41  manuals and indexes them in a
Line 46  manuals and indexes them in a
 .Sx Keyword Database  .Sx Keyword Database
 and  and
 .Sx Index Database  .Sx Index Database
 for fast retrieval.  for fast retrieval by
   .Xr apropos 1 ,
   .Xr whatis 1 ,
   and
   .Xr man 1 Ns 's
   .Fl k
   option.
 .Pp  .Pp
 By default,  By default,
 .Nm  .Nm
Line 69  uses the default paths stipulated by
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 .Xr man 1 .  .Xr man 1 .
 .Pp  .Pp
 The arguments are as follows:  The arguments are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width "-C file"
 .It Fl a  .It Fl a
 Use all directories and files found below  Use all directories and files found below
 .Ar dir ... .  .Ar dir ... .
   .It Fl C Ar file
   Specify an alternative configuration
   .Ar file
   in
   .Xr man.conf 5
   format.
 .It Fl d Ar dir  .It Fl d Ar dir
 Merge (remove and re-add)  Merge (remove and re-add)
 .Ar  .Ar
 to the database in  to the database in
 .Ar dir  .Ar dir
 without truncating it.  without truncating it.
   .It Fl t Ar
   Check the given
   .Ar files
   for potential problems.
   No databases are modified.
   Implies
   .Fl a
   and
   .Fl W .
   All diagnostic messages are printed to the standard output;
   the standard error output is not used.
 .It Fl u Ar dir  .It Fl u Ar dir
 Remove  Remove
 .Ar  .Ar
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 .Ar dir  .Ar dir
 without truncating it.  without truncating it.
 .It Fl v  .It Fl v
 Verbose operation.  Display all files added or removed to the index.
 Use once to display all files added or removed and twice for keywords as  .It Fl W
 well.  Print warnings about potential problems with manual pages
   to the standard error output.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 If fatal parse errors are encountered while parsing, the offending file  If fatal parse errors are encountered while parsing, the offending file
Line 103  database with record values consisting of
Line 132  database with record values consisting of
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Bl -enum -compact  .Bl -enum -compact
 .It  .It
 the string  the character
 .Cm mdoc ,  .Cm d ,
 .Cm man ,  .Cm a ,
 or  or
 .Cm cat  .Cm c
 to indicate the file type,  to indicate the file type
   .Po
   .Xr mdoc 7 ,
   .Xr man 7 ,
   and post-formatted, respectively
   .Pc ,
 .It  .It
 the filename,  the filename relative to the databases' path,
 .It  .It
 the manual section,  the manual section,
 .It  .It
Line 124  and the description.
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 .Pp  .Pp
 Each of the above is NUL-terminated.  Each of the above is NUL-terminated.
 .Pp  .Pp
 Both the manual section and description may be zero-length if the record  If the record value is zero-length, it is unassigned.
 is unassigned.  
 Entries are sequentially-numbered, but the filenames are unordered.  
 .Ss Keyword Database  .Ss Keyword Database
 The keyword database,  The keyword database,
 .Pa mandoc.db ,  .Pa mandoc.db ,
 is a  is a
 .Xr btree 3  .Xr btree 3
 database of NUL-terminated keywords (record length is non-zero string  database of NUL-terminated keywords (record length is non-zero string
 length plus one) mapping to a 8-byte binary field consisting of the  length plus one) mapping to a 16-byte binary field consisting of the
 keyword type and source  64-bit keyword type and the 64-bit
 .Sx Index Database  .Sx Index Database
 record number.  record number, both in network-byte order.
 The type, a 32-bit bit-mask in host order, consists of the following  
 fields:  
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact  The type bit-mask consists of the following
 .It Li 0x01  values mapping into
 The name of a manual page as given in the NAME section.  .Xr mdoc 7
 .It Li 0x02  macro identifiers:
 A function prototype name as given in the SYNOPSIS section.  
 .It Li 0x04  
 A utility name as given in the SYNOPSIS section.  
 .It Li 0x08  
 An include file as given in the SYNOPSIS section.  
 .It Li 0x10  
 A variable name as given in the SYNOPSIS section.  
 .It Li 0x20  
 A standard as given in the STANDARDS section.  
 .It Li 0x40  
 An author as given in the AUTHORS section.  
 .It Li 0x80  
 A configuration as given in the SYNOPSIS section.  
 .It Li 0x100  
 Free-form descriptive text as given in the NAME section.  
 .It Li 0x200  
 Cross-links between manuals.  
 Listed as the link name, then a period, then the link section.  
 If the link has no section, the period terminates the string.  
 .It Li 0x400  
 Path reference as given in the FILES section.  
 .It Li 0x800  
 Environment variable as given in the ENVIRONMENT section.  
 .It Li 0x1000  
 Error codes as given in the ERRORS section.  
 .El  
 .Pp  .Pp
 The last four bytes are a host-ordered record number within the  .Bl -column "x0x0000000000000001ULLx" "xLix" -offset indent -compact
 .Sx Index Database .  .It Li 0x0000000000000001ULL Ta \&An
 .Pp  .It Li 0x0000000000000002ULL Ta \&Ar
 The  .It Li 0x0000000000000004ULL Ta \&At
 .Nm  .It Li 0x0000000000000008ULL Ta \&Bsx
 utility is  .It Li 0x0000000000000010ULL Ta \&Bx
 .Ud  .It Li 0x0000000000000020ULL Ta \&Cd
   .It Li 0x0000000000000040ULL Ta \&Cm
   .It Li 0x0000000000000080ULL Ta \&Dv
   .It Li 0x0000000000000100ULL Ta \&Dx
   .It Li 0x0000000000000200ULL Ta \&Em
   .It Li 0x0000000000000400ULL Ta \&Er
   .It Li 0x0000000000000800ULL Ta \&Ev
   .It Li 0x0000000000001000ULL Ta \&Fa
   .It Li 0x0000000000002000ULL Ta \&Fl
   .It Li 0x0000000000004000ULL Ta \&Fn
   .It Li 0x0000000000008000ULL Ta \&Ft
   .It Li 0x0000000000010000ULL Ta \&Fx
   .It Li 0x0000000000020000ULL Ta \&Ic
   .It Li 0x0000000000040000ULL Ta \&In
   .It Li 0x0000000000080000ULL Ta \&Lb
   .It Li 0x0000000000100000ULL Ta \&Li
   .It Li 0x0000000000200000ULL Ta \&Lk
   .It Li 0x0000000000400000ULL Ta \&Ms
   .It Li 0x0000000000800000ULL Ta \&Mt
   .It Li 0x0000000001000000ULL Ta \&Nd
   .It Li 0x0000000002000000ULL Ta \&Nm
   .It Li 0x0000000004000000ULL Ta \&Nx
   .It Li 0x0000000008000000ULL Ta \&Ox
   .It Li 0x0000000010000000ULL Ta \&Pa
   .It Li 0x0000000020000000ULL Ta \&Rs
   .It Li 0x0000000040000000ULL Ta \&Sh
   .It Li 0x0000000080000000ULL Ta \&Ss
   .It Li 0x0000000100000000ULL Ta \&St
   .It Li 0x0000000200000000ULL Ta \&Sy
   .It Li 0x0000000400000000ULL Ta \&Tn
   .It Li 0x0000000800000000ULL Ta \&Va
   .It Li 0x0000001000000000ULL Ta \&Vt
   .It Li 0x0000002000000000ULL Ta \&Xr
   .El
 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES  .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 The time to construct a new database pair grows linearly with the  The time to construct a new database pair grows linearly with the
 number of keywords in the input files.  number of keywords in the input files.
Line 197  keyword database mapping keywords to a type and file r
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 A  A
 .Xr recno 3  .Xr recno 3
 database of indexed file-names.  database of indexed file-names.
   .It Pa /etc/man.conf
   The default
   .Xr man 1
   configuration file.
 .El  .El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS  .Sh EXIT STATUS
 The  The
Line 215  error accessing input files.
Line 256  error accessing input files.
 Such errors cause  Such errors cause
 .Nm  .Nm
 to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file.  to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file.
 The output databases are corrupt and should be removed .  The output databases are corrupt and should be removed.
 .El  .El
   .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
   If the following errors occur, the
   .Nm
   databases should be rebuilt.
   .Bl -diag
   .It "%s: Corrupt database"
   The keyword database file indicated by
   .Pa %s
   is unreadable.
   .It "%s: Corrupt index"
   The index database file indicated by
   .Pa %s
   is unreadable.
   .It "%s: Path too long"
   The file
   .Pa %s
   is too long.
   This usually indicates database corruption or invalid command-line
   arguments.
   .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
   .Xr apropos 1 ,
 .Xr man 1 ,  .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,  .Xr whatis 1 ,
 .Xr btree 3 ,  .Xr btree 3 ,
 .Xr recno 3  .Xr recno 3 ,
 .Sh AUTHORS  .Xr man.conf 5
   .Sh HISTORY
   A
   .Nm makewhatis
   utility first appeared in
   .Bx 2 .
   It was rewritten in
   .Xr perl 1
   for
   .Ox 2.7
   and in C for
   .Ox 5.1 .
   .Pp
 The  The
   .Ar dir
   argument first appeared in
   .Nx 1.0 ;
   the options
   .Fl dtu
   in
   .Ox 2.7 ;
   and the options
   .Fl aCvW
   in
   .Ox 5.1 .
   .Sh AUTHORS
   .An -nosplit
   .An Bill Joy
   wrote the original
   .Bx
   .Nm makewhatis
   in February 1979,
   .An Marc Espie
   started the Perl version in 2000,
   and the current version of
 .Nm  .Nm
 utility was written by  was written by
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons ,  .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
 .Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .  
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